Blatant trespassing, nearly getting hit by a dump truck and almost falling on my face are the stakes we take to get a glimpse of the steel industry in all it's gritty (one might argue a bit too gritty, perfect to me though!) glory.
We're standing on the "private" bridge to get into Indiana Harbor Works West - formerly LTV, now ArcelorMittal. We're in the WAY blue hour, It's fairly cold out, very foggy and a light snow is starting to fall. But what exactly's in front of us? One of the several Blast Furnaces upper left, several rolling and coating mills left into center, coke facilities to the rightish and loads and loads of slag in front of us. Of course, I had to incorporate rails into it, so looking center right will reveal one of Arcelor's plant switchers (complete with slug), and well over a hundred coke hoppers behind. Remember the SCIH coke train from last weekend? All of it starts right there. Just goes to show (once more) that industry still continues to pop around me, regardless of the common opinion.
This view is risky - but thanks to the help of friends, I was able to run over and grab this real quick. Security certainly saw me shooting though, time to bail!
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